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A damp day, so a good day to go tramp around the religious theme park that is Lourdes. We came for salvation, but this being France in November, everything is shut. Oh well, I’ll just have to live with my sins for a bit longer.
How many plastic effigies of the Virgin Mary does one need anyway? And why do all the shops sell the same ones – is there no competitive market in religious trinkets?
The place is clearly geared up for the devoted masses at other times of the year, but on a grey day in November, it all looks a bit, well, grey.
I think I’ll stick with my method of getting closer to God – cycling up a mountain!
I don’t care if it rains or freezes
‘Long as I got my plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Through my trials and tribulations
And my travels through the nations
With my plastic Jesus I’ll go far
You can buy a sweet Madonna
Dressed in rhinestones sitting on a
Pedestal of abalone shell
Goin’ ninety, I’m not wary
‘Cause I’ve got my virgin Mary
Guaranteeing I won’t go to Hell
When I’m goin’ fornicatin’
I got my ceramic Satan
Sinnin’ on the dashboard of my Winnebago motor home
The women know I’m on the level
Thanks to the wild-eyed stoneware devil
Ridin’ on the dashboard of my Winnebago motor home
Sneerin’ from the dashboard of my Winnebago motor home
Leering from the dashboard of my van
George Cromarty & Ed Rush